The
Melvins are an American band that formed in 1983. They usually perform as a trio, but in recent years have performed as a four piece with two drummers. Since 1984, singer and guitarist
Buzz Osborne (also known as King Buzzo) and drummer
Dale Crover have been the band's ongoing members. The band was named after a supervisor at a
Thriftway in
Montesano, Washington, where Osborne also worked as a clerk. "Melvin" was despised by other employees, and the band's members felt it to be an appropriately ridiculous name.